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Service Unit Operator Oil Well Salary
in Earth City, Missouri
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$49,588 (USD)
Average Salary
$24/hr
Average Hourly
$724
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Service Unit Operator Oil Well is $49,588 a year and $24 an hour in Earth City, Missouri, United States. The average salary range for a Service Unit Operator Oil Well is between $36,348 and $59,059. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Earth City, Missouri.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
$55,700
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About Earth City, Missouri
Earth City Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Earth City is an unincorporated commercial area located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, along Interstate 70, near the Missouri River. It is bounded by the city of Bridgeton on the east and north, the city of Maryland Heights to the south, and the Missouri River to the west. It is also near Lambert International Airport. Earth City is notable as being home to the headquarters of the Save-A-Lot grocery chain and a major UPS shipping hub. The community has no permanent residents.
Earth City is the home to the corporate headquarters of Spectrum Brands (Pet, Home and Garden division). Spectrum Brands was...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells, or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells, using specialized subsurface tools and instruments: directs sample-taker operator to assemble and connect pipe and hydraulic lines of flushing equipment to wellhead.
- Starts pumps which circulate water, oil, or other fluid through well, removing sand and other materials obstructing free flow of oil.
- Perforates well casing or sidewall of borehole with explosive charge perforator operator, oil well.
- Assembles and lowers detection instruments into wells having drill pipe, drilling tools, or other obstructions wedged in well.
- Interprets instrument readings to ascertain depth of obstruction.
- Directs lowering of specialized equipment to point of obstruction and pushes switches or pulls levers to back-off pipe by chemical or explosive action, or to sever pipe at point of obstruction, permitting recovery of pipestring and resumption of drilling operations.
- Assembles and operates sound wave generating and detecting mechanisms for determining fluid level in wells.
- May operate hoist to lower and raise tools hoist operator.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Service Unit Operator Oil Well is $49,588 a year and $24 an hour in Earth City, Missouri, United States. The average salary range for a Service Unit Operator Oil Well is between $36,348 and $59,059. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Earth City, Missouri.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Service Unit Operator Oil Well Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
Job family population: 36,320
Estimated population of Service Unit Operator Oil Well jobs: 26,521
Rate of error: 4.0%
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About Earth City, Missouri
Earth City Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Earth City is an unincorporated commercial area located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, along Interstate 70, near the Missouri River. It is bounded by the city of Bridgeton on the east and north, the city of Maryland Heights to the south, and the Missouri River to the west. It is also near Lambert International Airport. Earth City is notable as being home to the headquarters of the Save-A-Lot grocery chain and a major UPS shipping hub. The community has no permanent residents.
Earth City is the home to the corporate headquarters of Spectrum Brands (Pet, Home and Garden division). Spectrum Brands was...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells, or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells, using specialized subsurface tools and instruments: directs sample-taker operator to assemble and connect pipe and hydraulic lines of flushing equipment to wellhead.
- Starts pumps which circulate water, oil, or other fluid through well, removing sand and other materials obstructing free flow of oil.
- Perforates well casing or sidewall of borehole with explosive charge perforator operator, oil well.
- Assembles and lowers detection instruments into wells having drill pipe, drilling tools, or other obstructions wedged in well.
- Interprets instrument readings to ascertain depth of obstruction.
- Directs lowering of specialized equipment to point of obstruction and pushes switches or pulls levers to back-off pipe by chemical or explosive action, or to sever pipe at point of obstruction, permitting recovery of pipestring and resumption of drilling operations.
- Assembles and operates sound wave generating and detecting mechanisms for determining fluid level in wells.
- May operate hoist to lower and raise tools hoist operator.
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Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
View our ProductsTake the guess work out of setting pay
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Read More
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